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Leon makes much of the military context and Derek McLane’s setting is elegantly minimalist, featuring Globe Theatre-like columns to hide behind, albeit lit by Natasha Katz with a triumphalist ...

Helen Shaw reviews a disappointing “Othello,” directed by Kenny Leon and starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, and “The Trojans,” a spirited football-themed Iliad.

After all the blaring headlines around “Othello” on Broadway—Denzel! Jake! Tickets near a thousand dollars!—how strange that the production itself is so lacking in execution.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lead Shakespeare's "Othello," which has broken box office records and has tickets selling for over $900 apiece.

Othello Opening night: March 23, 2025 Venue: Broadway ’s Barrymore Theatre Written by: William Shakespeare Directed by: Kenny Leon Cast: Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, Molly Osborne, Andrew ...

At 22 years old, he played Othello while a student at Fordham University. In 2005, he starred as Marcus Brutus in Broadway’s Julius Caesar and led the 2021 film The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Kenny Leon directs the first production of Shakespeare’s tragedy to play Broadway in more than 40 years, also featuring Molly Osborne, Andrew Burnap and Kimber Elayne Sprawl.

He can’t come off as her weird dad. Molly Osborne, left, as Desdemona and Denzel Washington, right, as Othello in "Othello" on Broadway. Photo by Julieta Cervante.

But the production of “Othello” co-headlined by Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lacks a Big Idea to make it seem like much more than a massive overinvestment.

The Broadway premiere of "Othello" was anything but a tragedy. On Sunday, a bevy of stars flocked to the Barrymore Theatre in New York City to check out the opening night revival of the classic ...